They have conquered Pretoria and now Golden Arrows are on a mission to conquer Soweto.
Serame Letsoaka’s men have beaten all of the clubs from Pretoria in the Absa Premiership this season and just a week ago stunned Orlando Pirates with a 2-0 victory at Orlando Stadium.
Tonight they face a Chiefs side that was beaten by Pirates at the weekend, eager to upset another giant from Soweto to complete their mission.
“If we win, then we shall say that we successfully conquered Pretoria and Soweto,” Arrows coach Letsoaka said yesterday, ahead of the match at FNB Stadium tonight at 7.30pm.
“It’s going to be a difficult game. Chiefs would want to go into the Soweto derby this weekend with some momentum. They will come fired up for the game, but the advantage for us is that we did not play over the weekend. So we will have fresher legs” he added.
Letsoaka, who plans to use the speed his players have to unsettle the Amakhosi defence, faces a good friend in Steve Komphela, but says they have not talked much in the last week
“We talk a lot, but we have not spoken in the last week or so. Steve will always concentrate on being organised, especially in the defence. But we have studied them well and we have seen areas that we can exploit. We are going to do a lot of running, attack in speed and put them under pressure. We can get a point, but three points is not entirely impossible.”
He added: “Our defending in the victory over Pirates was poor. We need to improve.”
Komphela has called for a response from his players after that disappointing display in the 3-1 defeat to the Buccaneers.
“They have been doing very well. We are aware of their strengths and weaknesses. They are quite a fast team. If you give them too much space then they will start to access the space. We have seen a couple of their matches and know what we are up against, but we need to respond.”
Seventh-placed Arrows have lost just once away from home this season in four matches, while Amakhosi, who are sixth on the table, have lost once in four matches at home – a record they need to be worried about.
The clubs are level on points (14) going into the clash.